From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
---|---|
To: | lockhart(at)fourpalms(dot)org |
Cc: | "Ross J(dot) Reedstrom" <reedstrm(at)rice(dot)edu>, pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: PL/SQL-to-PL/pgSQL-HOWTO |
Date: | 2001-02-26 22:48:16 |
Message-ID: | 200102262248.RAA20277@candle.pha.pa.us |
Views: | Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email |
Thread: | |
Lists: | pgsql-docs |
> > Actually, that's a good question. We've had the regular go-arounds on
> > HACKERs regarding code licensing (short answer: it'll stay BSD for the
> > forseeable future), but never discussed documentation licenses. It
> > sort of came up when Bruce's book came out, but not much was said.
>
> The conclusion was that the docs are licensed under the same license as
> the source code (simply: do whatever you want, but preserve the
> BSD-style copyright notice available with the source code).
>
> afaict, that actually did not happen for Bruce's book (no copyright
> notices other than Addison Wesley). But presumably A-W will not try to
> push their apparent copyright on our docs ;)
That is a good point. My book clearly states the man pages are from the
PostgreSQL documentation, but doesn't mention the license applies to
those pages. I will address this with AW on the next printing.
--
Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us
pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us | (610) 853-3000
+ If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue
+ Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026
From | Date | Subject | |
---|---|---|---|
Next Message | Thomas Lockhart | 2001-02-26 23:38:12 | Re: PL/SQL-to-PL/pgSQL-HOWTO |
Previous Message | Pierce Tyler | 2001-02-26 22:17:40 | pg_dump |